Re: early review of RH 9 (Shrike)

On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 03:45:13PM -0800, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> What, exactly, would they have licensed?  The GPL forbids distribution 
> of software that would place encumberances upon the recipients, which 
> Thompson's patents do.  All common mp3 software is available only under 
> the GPL.

It might be possible with enough money to get a license for any/all GPLed
software. This would result in a situation like that of QT -- if you want to
make proprietary software, you'd still have to buy your own license. This is
maybe improbable now, but as the technology gets older, it could happen.

-- 
Matthew Miller           [email protected]        <http://www.mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux      ------>                <http://linux.bu.edu/>



-- 
Phoebe-list mailing list
[email protected]
https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/phoebe-list